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. >>> in the meantime in washington, former cia director david petraeus reportedly told lawmakers during a meeting this morning that the agency did suspect the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya was a terrorist attack from the start, but somehow that line got removed from an early report. nbc's steve handelsman is in washington with details. >> this wasn't a hot seat for the former cia director. instead, he got a very, very warm welcome. lawmakers praised his work. they allowed him to avoid reporters. they're clearly sorry to see him go. petraeus, they said, apologize the for having to resign. he didn't really open the door to a lot of new information, we're told, from people who were in the meeting. in the testimony, in the hearings, didn't open the door to a lot of new information about why the disaster occurred. the cia knew there were threats in benghazi, knew the state department had stepped up security. but exactly why the disaster occurred, in the clear from petraeus' testimony. but he did shed a little light on the political controversy, about what u.n. ambassador, obam
. >>> in the meantime in washington, former cia director david petraeus reportedly told lawmakers during a meeting this morning that the agency did suspect the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya was a terrorist attack from the start, but somehow that line got removed from an early report. nbc's steve handelsman is in washington with details. >> this wasn't a hot seat for the former cia director. instead, he got a very, very warm welcome. lawmakers praised his work. they...
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go long. >>> one week after resigning as cia chief, david petraeus testifies. the hearings were closed. peter king says petraeus testified the cia quickly pegged the attack as terrorism, a conflict with initial reports from the obama administration. >> general petraeus' testimony today was that from the start he had told us that this was a terrorist attack, terrorist-involved from the start. i told him my questions, i had a different recollection of that, the overwhelming amount of evidence is that it was it arose out of a spontaneous demonstration and was not a terrorist attack. >> so it was u.n. ambassador susan rice who initially said the attack was a spontaneous reaction to the anti-muslim film posted online. she was defended. today, by senator dianne feinstein. >> what susan rice, ambassador rice did, was use talking points, put out originally by the cia, signed off by the intelligence community, and those talking points, as i understand it, were requested by the house committee, and all the intelligence community signed off on it. the key is that they wer
go long. >>> one week after resigning as cia chief, david petraeus testifies. the hearings were closed. peter king says petraeus testified the cia quickly pegged the attack as terrorism, a conflict with initial reports from the obama administration. >> general petraeus' testimony today was that from the start he had told us that this was a terrorist attack, terrorist-involved from the start. i told him my questions, i had a different recollection of that, the overwhelming amount...
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we know that the week started with this scandal with david petraeus's affair. that's taken a back seat, probably rightfully so, to the president's first press conference, his first news conference since re-election. now this issue regarding benghazi, the ongoing investigation. >> well, that's right. tamron, this is just one week removed from last week's presidential contest. it shows you that politics is still alive and well in the nation's capital even after the presidential contest. i think you look back at the entire back and forth over the benghazi situation, and what is now coming out after these meetings, i got an e-mail statement from florida senator bill nelson who said one of the things that was made clear at today's meeting was that susan rice, when she was giving the cia intelligence that she did on all those sunday shows, that was what was seen as the intelligence at the time. there was a lot of different moving parts and here and there what was going on. bottom line what republicans have been talking about and criticizing is that the administration
we know that the week started with this scandal with david petraeus's affair. that's taken a back seat, probably rightfully so, to the president's first press conference, his first news conference since re-election. now this issue regarding benghazi, the ongoing investigation. >> well, that's right. tamron, this is just one week removed from last week's presidential contest. it shows you that politics is still alive and well in the nation's capital even after the presidential contest. i...
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how do you assess what happened with david petraeus? >> well, it's different in scale in the sense, one sense it's larger because it involves the -- the revered almost figure, but also smaller in the sense that some of these big players brought in are so questionable and the fbi agent with the shirtless photo -- >> because now explained as a joke. i've watched it myself. >> the twin sister with the custody dispute. i mean really, stephen colbert last night said the story jumped the shark and brought susan lieu ki on to keep it going. it's a story of hubris combined with flawed people with a modern story of technology ensnarg all of us. >> we have to run. you went to harvard, you know the drill. a story in "the washington post" that paula broadwell just from the get-go, enters the masters program -- enters the ph.d. program, leaves with a masters. questions about resume enhan enhanceme enhancement, her academic work not being up to par. >> it's a terrific story by my colleagues. read it on washingtonpost.com they would want me to say. it
how do you assess what happened with david petraeus? >> well, it's different in scale in the sense, one sense it's larger because it involves the -- the revered almost figure, but also smaller in the sense that some of these big players brought in are so questionable and the fbi agent with the shirtless photo -- >> because now explained as a joke. i've watched it myself. >> the twin sister with the custody dispute. i mean really, stephen colbert last night said the story...
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former cia director david petraeus was answering questions on capitol hill today but not about the scandal that led to him resigning. in a private hearing, he told lawmakers that he believed all along that the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya was a terrorist strike despite how the white house initially portrayed it. of the scandal that led him to resign, petraeus expressed his regret about the circumstances of his departure but said nothing more. simon? >>> two major breaking stories right now impacting the oil market. there's been an explosion on an oil rig in the gulf of mexico off the coast of venice, louisiana. a company called black elk energy operates that rig. reports are that a worker may have cut a line with a settling torch. four people have been rushed to the hospital, two are reportedly still missing. so far we have no reports of oil actually leaking into the gulf. >>> meanwhile, also breaking right now, the u.n. nuclear agency says iran is about to double output of higher enriched uranium. now that is a material that can easily be turned, we're told, into a nucl
former cia director david petraeus was answering questions on capitol hill today but not about the scandal that led to him resigning. in a private hearing, he told lawmakers that he believed all along that the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya was a terrorist strike despite how the white house initially portrayed it. of the scandal that led him to resign, petraeus expressed his regret about the circumstances of his departure but said nothing more. simon? >>> two major...
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the man who was the head of the cia at the time, david petd petraeus. he testified behind closed doors to both the house and senate intelligence committees. dana bash was there as lawmakers were leaving this meeting. she's joining us from capitol hill, and, dana, there's been a lot of outrage about these conflicting intelligence reports on this attack. was there anything that petraeus said today to kind of clear up some of the confusion. >> it seemed that he certainly tried. when we're talking about confusion, it's whether or not the intelligence community gave appropriate or enough information, maybe emphasis is the right word, on what turns out to be more of the case, which is there are extremist elements that are behind the attack on the consulate in benghazi, much more than a protest which doesn't even appear to have existed. that was what petraeus came in here to try to clear up, but the republicans and democrats are coming out, and republicans for the most part who were talking said that they didn't think that petraeus's recollection of his initia
the man who was the head of the cia at the time, david petd petraeus. he testified behind closed doors to both the house and senate intelligence committees. dana bash was there as lawmakers were leaving this meeting. she's joining us from capitol hill, and, dana, there's been a lot of outrage about these conflicting intelligence reports on this attack. was there anything that petraeus said today to kind of clear up some of the confusion. >> it seemed that he certainly tried. when we're...
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i have known david petraeus for almost ten years. i have known him since i met him in a dusty outpost on the outskirts of baghdad where he had led the invasion of iraq and was on the verge of taking the 101st airborne into baghdad. this is a soldier's soldier. i saw him with two stars, three stars, four stars. it is inconceivable to me that this honorable warrior, this american napoleon, this best general since eisenhower would ever dishonor his service because he was afraid the f.b.i. was going to embarrass him with this extramarital affair. i think that -- hold it. that speculation is absolutely wreckless and has no fact base at all and it really is a disgrace to a man who has served -- >> brian: almost as wreckless as as -- >> he saved our ass in iran. >> eric: and going and -- >> (talking over each other). >> brian: what has to happen by friday -- >> gretchen: i didn't -- i didn't say it was my personal belief. >> brian: it ends up being personal and it shouldn't be. here it is. petraeus said one thing within 24 hours and he knew
i have known david petraeus for almost ten years. i have known him since i met him in a dusty outpost on the outskirts of baghdad where he had led the invasion of iraq and was on the verge of taking the 101st airborne into baghdad. this is a soldier's soldier. i saw him with two stars, three stars, four stars. it is inconceivable to me that this honorable warrior, this american napoleon, this best general since eisenhower would ever dishonor his service because he was afraid the f.b.i. was...
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the committee is scheduled to hear former cia director david petraeus give his testimony on the benghazi attack later this morning. senator, what will you be looking for? >> well, general petraeus brings a little different perspective to the committee this morning than what we had yesterday. we had the leaders from the intelligence community including acting cia director mike morrell and jim clapper, the dni, and others. the difference that we're looking for today is, general petraeus, obviously, was involved in making some of the key decisions. and we want to know what his thought process was. plus, he's the only member of the leadership team that has been back to libya since september 11. he was just there several days ago. being on the ground, he has a little bit different perspective. so we're going to be talking with him about that. >> hey, saxby, joe here. good to talk to you again. >> hey, joe. >> you know, susan rice, our u.n. ambassador, has been taking a lot of heat. john mccain, lindsey graham going after her for repeating what the president says was the intel that was availab
the committee is scheduled to hear former cia director david petraeus give his testimony on the benghazi attack later this morning. senator, what will you be looking for? >> well, general petraeus brings a little different perspective to the committee this morning than what we had yesterday. we had the leaders from the intelligence community including acting cia director mike morrell and jim clapper, the dni, and others. the difference that we're looking for today is, general petraeus,...
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director david petraeus will testify today on the attacks in benghazi. he's scheduled to be in front of the house intelligence committee at 7:30 this morning. and then move on to the senate committee at 9:00. both of these appointments were on petraeus' schedule long before the details of his affair came out last week. many are questioning the timing of his retirement, suggesting it might have something to do with the details on these attacks and hearings over what went down in benghazi. petraeus volunteered to keep these appointments. it is his own way of showing he has nothing to hide. many members of congress think he will be able to provide valuable information. here's senator dianne feinstein. >> director petraeus went to tripoli. he interviewed many of the people as i understand it, that were involved. and so the opportunity to get his views i think are very important. >> while these hearings are scheduled to deal only with the benghazi attacks, congress will likely bring up petraeus' extramarital affair with paula broadwell. lawmakers question top
director david petraeus will testify today on the attacks in benghazi. he's scheduled to be in front of the house intelligence committee at 7:30 this morning. and then move on to the senate committee at 9:00. both of these appointments were on petraeus' schedule long before the details of his affair came out last week. many are questioning the timing of his retirement, suggesting it might have something to do with the details on these attacks and hearings over what went down in benghazi....
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director david petraeus will testify tomorrow in two closed door hearings. it was announced today that secretary of state hillary clinton will testify in mid-december. chairman of the house foreign affairs committee spoke today about the frustration over the conflicting information. >> every time we have another classified briefing and every time we try to pry deeper we get conflicting reports about what was taking place. and what messages were being sent to washington. what did the administration know, and we have got to do something to make sure that our personnel in harm's way including diplomat, they are on the front line, that the diplomatic posts are protected and that they have the security that they need. >> dana: all right. so a lot to get to tonight, because there are more reports tonight from the "wall street journal" that updated the story earlier, eric, that said general david petraeus in the final days before he was leaving that there is a lot of conflict and it was over the benghazi issue because he wanted to put out a c.i.a. timeline to put t
director david petraeus will testify tomorrow in two closed door hearings. it was announced today that secretary of state hillary clinton will testify in mid-december. chairman of the house foreign affairs committee spoke today about the frustration over the conflicting information. >> every time we have another classified briefing and every time we try to pry deeper we get conflicting reports about what was taking place. and what messages were being sent to washington. what did the...
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david petraeus' resignation to him could not possibly be about some dumb affair. nobody resigns from office for having an affair. there must be a leftist government cover-up going on. the white house is trying to keep general petraeus from spilling the beans about vague imagined government conspiracy surrounding the benghazi attacks. that's what napolitano is saying. the conservative columnist charles krauthammer is driving the same thing now. it is still really senator john mccain. over the past week senator john mccain made six different television appearances just to talk about the benghazi attack and obama administration cover-up of the attack making his case over and over and over again to any blinking red light within sight about how benghazi should not be viewed as an attack on a u.s. consulate but instead be viewed as a democratic lie. an obama scandal. the senate needs more information about this blatant cover-up, says john mccain. john mccain needs more information. this, for example, is john mccain convening a press conference yesterday morning denounci
david petraeus' resignation to him could not possibly be about some dumb affair. nobody resigns from office for having an affair. there must be a leftist government cover-up going on. the white house is trying to keep general petraeus from spilling the beans about vague imagined government conspiracy surrounding the benghazi attacks. that's what napolitano is saying. the conservative columnist charles krauthammer is driving the same thing now. it is still really senator john mccain. over the...
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tonight, the cia has launched an exploratory investigation into the conduct of david petraeus. he is scheduled to testify in front of the house intelligence committee tomorrow. joining me now is to congressman trey gowd. he is a member of the house oversight committee. this is a remarkable period in american history. we assume at some point, it perhaps as early as this evening, at least there wilbe a reaction is what they heard today. does it trouble you that neither james clapper or mr.robert mueller -- >> my recommendation is they need to familiarize themselves before they come over oversight or a house committee and if they think they are going to make it without disclosing that name, they are still sorely mistaken. lou: is deeply troubling, if not? >> it is one the administration claims to be mostly transparent since the earth cooled. we're going to find out what happened and when dossey without the voluntary health or with the voluntary help of the people. we will have committee hearings until the lord comes back if that's what it takes. we have four murderee americans. i
tonight, the cia has launched an exploratory investigation into the conduct of david petraeus. he is scheduled to testify in front of the house intelligence committee tomorrow. joining me now is to congressman trey gowd. he is a member of the house oversight committee. this is a remarkable period in american history. we assume at some point, it perhaps as early as this evening, at least there wilbe a reaction is what they heard today. does it trouble you that neither james clapper or mr.robert...
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general david petraeus prepares to testify about benghazi in front of congress. connell: the founder of five our energy will answer questions about this report that his product may be linked to 13 deaths. and lead mcgraw on the oil market reaction to attacks in bas and the david petraeus scandal in charlie gasparino on the white house c e o meetings. dagen: so much to get to. after that computer glitch grounded its planes nationwide united airlines saying it is up and running. nicole petallides on the floor of the stock exchange. what is normal about the stock reaction? nicole: very normal stock reaction. this is a stock that started with the arrows and traded as low as 1960 interday and coming back and had a high of 2018 and all the rest of the airline stocks i have been checking, delta, up arrows, and continental under pressure today. below the 1960 we are at 1976 and it is not far off of the low, and a nationwide glitch, it is not great news and we are hearing their returning to normal all of this occurring for weeks before thanksgiving, the busiest time, and
general david petraeus prepares to testify about benghazi in front of congress. connell: the founder of five our energy will answer questions about this report that his product may be linked to 13 deaths. and lead mcgraw on the oil market reaction to attacks in bas and the david petraeus scandal in charlie gasparino on the white house c e o meetings. dagen: so much to get to. after that computer glitch grounded its planes nationwide united airlines saying it is up and running. nicole petallides...
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petraeus. he's used his time to praise petraeus. >> i have no evidence at this point from what i've seen, that classified information was disclosed, that in any way would have had a negative impact on our national security. >> press to answer again, whether he believed he was notified too late. the president again tried to say as little as possible. >> i am withholding judgment, with respect to how the entire process surrounding general petraeus came up. you know, we don't have all the information yet. but i want to say that i have a lot of confidence generally in the fbi. and they've got a difficult job. it is also possible that had we been told, then you'd be sitting here asking a question about why were you interfering in a criminal investigation. >> while the president withholds judgment, the investigation process is already under scrutiny on capitol hill. the heads of the fbi and the cia, the agenting head right now, mike morel met with them. he's sifting through e-mails between general jo
petraeus. he's used his time to praise petraeus. >> i have no evidence at this point from what i've seen, that classified information was disclosed, that in any way would have had a negative impact on our national security. >> press to answer again, whether he believed he was notified too late. the president again tried to say as little as possible. >> i am withholding judgment, with respect to how the entire process surrounding general petraeus came up. you know, we don't...
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light on the fall of the cia director, david petraeus. "time" says there was an internal debate within the fbi about whether to report the affair to the white house, but because there were no national security concerns, the decision was made not to do it. the story goes on to say that paula broadwell, petraeus' mistress, had been approached about a senate run in north carolina, but petraeus angrily rejected the idea and told her she shouldn't sell out, whatever that means. "time" also reports that broadwell tried to recruit lance armstrong this summer to ride bikes with general petraeus for the general's 60th birthday. that never happened. we know how it's ended up for everybody in this big affair. why don't we start for us about this. explain to me the senate thing. that's fascinating. >> at the aspen security conference during the summer, we have great reporting where she was having cocktails after dinner with six or seven close companions and she revealed that she'd been approached by north carolina moneymen, saying that you should rea
light on the fall of the cia director, david petraeus. "time" says there was an internal debate within the fbi about whether to report the affair to the white house, but because there were no national security concerns, the decision was made not to do it. the story goes on to say that paula broadwell, petraeus' mistress, had been approached about a senate run in north carolina, but petraeus angrily rejected the idea and told her she shouldn't sell out, whatever that means....
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general david petraeus who was scheduled to testify today before he resigned now will testify tomorrow. what he learned from his own independent investigation into the benghazi attack. meanwhile, republican senators from the armed services committee including john mccain and lindsey graham are now calling for a, quote, watergate-style investigation into the libya raid and the obama administration's response to it. they also said they would try to block any attempt to nominate susan rice as the next secretary of state, describing her as unqualified for the job after she originally characterized the terror attack as a protest gone wrong. she went on the sunday shows including "meet the press" a couple days after the attack and said that. president obama in his news conference yesterday fired back at senators mccain and graham. >> let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interests in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to g
general david petraeus who was scheduled to testify today before he resigned now will testify tomorrow. what he learned from his own independent investigation into the benghazi attack. meanwhile, republican senators from the armed services committee including john mccain and lindsey graham are now calling for a, quote, watergate-style investigation into the libya raid and the obama administration's response to it. they also said they would try to block any attempt to nominate susan rice as the...
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in just 36 hour, former cia director david petraeus will testify about ben befnl he may be the one who knows the most about what happened on september 11. just two weeks ago, general petraeus went to libya to conduct his own investigation. so now. >>, congress will get the chance to question general petraeus about what he knows. but will it bring us closer to answering the question? n incompetence or coverup or something else? >> this president of this administration has either been guilty of cocolossal incompetence or engaged in a coverup, neither of which are acceptable to the american people. >> let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done exemp plear work. as i said before, she made an appearance at the request of the white house, in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. >> why did you pick her to tell us about benghazi? what does she have to do with benghazi? did anybody ask her for additional security? she's the united na
in just 36 hour, former cia director david petraeus will testify about ben befnl he may be the one who knows the most about what happened on september 11. just two weeks ago, general petraeus went to libya to conduct his own investigation. so now. >>, congress will get the chance to question general petraeus about what he knows. but will it bring us closer to answering the question? n incompetence or coverup or something else? >> this president of this administration has either been...
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so david petraeus' old job of running the cia is now suddenly an available job in this administration and the same scandal that created that vacancy at the cia has also now touched the current top u.s. commanding general in afghanistan, whose successor for that job is due to have his confirmation hearings in washington tomorrow. well, today at his first post-re-election press conference, the president largely deflected questions about who he would be appointing to all the top jobs in the administration for his second term. he deflected those questions today with one notable exception. one notable exception that just about took the roof off that room today. did you see this? >> senator john mccain and senator lindsey graham both said today that they want to have watergate-style hearings on the attack at the u.s. consulate in benghazi. and that if you nominate susan rice for secretary of state, they will do everything in their power to block her nomination. as senator graham said, he simply doesn't trust ambassador rice after what she said about benghazi. i would like your reaction to t
so david petraeus' old job of running the cia is now suddenly an available job in this administration and the same scandal that created that vacancy at the cia has also now touched the current top u.s. commanding general in afghanistan, whose successor for that job is due to have his confirmation hearings in washington tomorrow. well, today at his first post-re-election press conference, the president largely deflected questions about who he would be appointing to all the top jobs in the...
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. >> this david petraeus scandal -- >> i certainly wouldn't call it welcome. >> we have to do something about heterosexuals in the military. >> i think the term is propinquity. >> before this leads back to kevin bacon. >> justin bieber in there. you put selena gomez -- >> 30,000 pages of e-mails. >> take his mind off the woolz of the day. >> there's a fine line between sa deduction and spamming. >> what does this woman smell like? >> i don't know if you want to get diplomatic -- >> is it a petty mixture of ambrosia and crack? >> do you believe the story line he would not have told president obama about something that is so important? >> that's one of the dumbest questions i've ever heard. >> what did they know? when did they know it? >> senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. >> let's get right to our panel. msnbc political analyst jonathan alter, columnist for bloomberg view, nia-malika, and goldie taylor, managing editor of the goldie taylor project. jonathan, i can begin with you, do we need a full-scale watergate style investi
. >> this david petraeus scandal -- >> i certainly wouldn't call it welcome. >> we have to do something about heterosexuals in the military. >> i think the term is propinquity. >> before this leads back to kevin bacon. >> justin bieber in there. you put selena gomez -- >> 30,000 pages of e-mails. >> take his mind off the woolz of the day. >> there's a fine line between sa deduction and spamming. >> what does this woman smell like?...
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petraeus and the embassy attack in libya. eamon javers is in washington right now. he has the highlights. >> hi, maria. no specific olive branch here from the president during the press conference to republicans in terms of the fiscal cliff negotiations. the president twice now referencing his own re-election, suggesting the american people voted here for a very specific set of outcomes. take a listen. >> if there's one thing that i'm pretty confident about, it's the american people understood what they were getting when they gave me this incredible privilege of being in office another four years. >> the president did take a hard line on extending the bush tax cuts. >> what i'm not going to do is to extend bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% that we can't afford and according to economists will have the least positive impact on our economy. perhaps the fieriest moment in all of this is in the discussion over libya. the president talking about u.n. ambassador susan rice, who's been criticized by senators mccain and graham up o
petraeus and the embassy attack in libya. eamon javers is in washington right now. he has the highlights. >> hi, maria. no specific olive branch here from the president during the press conference to republicans in terms of the fiscal cliff negotiations. the president twice now referencing his own re-election, suggesting the american people voted here for a very specific set of outcomes. take a listen. >> if there's one thing that i'm pretty confident about, it's the american people...
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so many people said where was the director of national intelligence with where was david petraeus. where were our top intel official? why did they send her or secretary of state hillary clinton. why did they send susan rice out. >> that's get everyone was asking on that sunday when susan rice was doing this. where is hillary clinton. why is she not here? i asked her press aide about this and he said she doesn't do the sunday shows a lot. there were strange excuses which didn't sound quite right. but now they really don't sound right after the president just said she had nothing to do with benghazi. megyn: now we know the president told her to go out there. at the same time jay carney has told us before that in the first week or so he was telling us they had no evidence this was preplanned attack. that's what he claimed. that is the white house line. but it's clearly at conflict with the information we received from several different afters now that they did know that there was good reason to believe this was a terrorist attack. ansar al-sharia had made threats. the hospital was sur
so many people said where was the director of national intelligence with where was david petraeus. where were our top intel official? why did they send her or secretary of state hillary clinton. why did they send susan rice out. >> that's get everyone was asking on that sunday when susan rice was doing this. where is hillary clinton. why is she not here? i asked her press aide about this and he said she doesn't do the sunday shows a lot. there were strange excuses which didn't sound quite...
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the resignation of general david petraeus as cia director hangs another question mark over america's intelligence community and foreign pollicy leadership. with petraeus out he could tap john owe brennan to take over at the cia. secretary of state hillary clinton has insisted she will serve one term only, vacating her post come january. the white house is leaning towards u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice to replace clinton at foggy bottom. rice's confirmation is far from assured giving the questions surrounding her handling of the attacks in benghazi. defense secretary leon panetta made it clear he is ready for retirement. senator john kerry, eyeing the secretary of state position may be asked to replace panetta. adding to the stakes of musical chairs, general allen's confirmation hearing to lead nato has been put on hold. during the campaign president obama called for nation building at home in his second term. he'll need to start by rebuilding his own team. john heilemann, you were a guest on the very first program of this show, there is a lot happening inside the p
the resignation of general david petraeus as cia director hangs another question mark over america's intelligence community and foreign pollicy leadership. with petraeus out he could tap john owe brennan to take over at the cia. secretary of state hillary clinton has insisted she will serve one term only, vacating her post come january. the white house is leaning towards u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice to replace clinton at foggy bottom. rice's confirmation is far from assured...
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the security concerns surrounding david petraeus's relationship with his biographer broadwell. you have found out new information about why the fbi was actually searching her home in north carolina earlier in the week. what were they looking for, and what do they believe her role is? >> well, what we're hearing now, suzanne, is that david petraeus, at some point earlier on had designated broadwell as his archivist. that is, to be the re pos itory of sort of the documents related to his military career. you can imagine we often think of that in relation to prior presidents who have a library david petraeus was assembling and leaving his documents, and he had broadwell, worry told, doing that for him. pretty interesting, suzanne, because, of course, we heard from surrogates for david petraeus that the relationship ended four months ago, so it's a question as to why would you have continued to have her be the repositivetory for these documents? we saw a five-hour search at broadwell's home. many documents pulled out. we're looking at those pictures now. clearly, the concern of the
the security concerns surrounding david petraeus's relationship with his biographer broadwell. you have found out new information about why the fbi was actually searching her home in north carolina earlier in the week. what were they looking for, and what do they believe her role is? >> well, what we're hearing now, suzanne, is that david petraeus, at some point earlier on had designated broadwell as his archivist. that is, to be the re pos itory of sort of the documents related to his...
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as mentioned, david petraeus offered today to testify. dianne feinstein confirmed will testify before the senate intel committee later this week. they are still negotiating if it will be off-site and what the ground rules will be. we understand he will not reveal the affair with his biographer, will strictly be about his role in benghazi and what he found on that mission when he went to libya just two weeks ago. that is what is going on at capitol hill. investigation into the petraeus affair with the fbi continues. the dod, inspecto inspector genl investigation into john allen who is now understood had communications that may have been inappropriate. so these two investigations are moving forward. the consequence the top of canister in afghanistan will not be mounted for the rule of supreme commander in europe. for petraeus the question is still whether if he had access to class than making her computers and what and house received that information. cheryl: jennifer griffin out in washington, a lot of breaking news this morning, thank you
as mentioned, david petraeus offered today to testify. dianne feinstein confirmed will testify before the senate intel committee later this week. they are still negotiating if it will be off-site and what the ground rules will be. we understand he will not reveal the affair with his biographer, will strictly be about his role in benghazi and what he found on that mission when he went to libya just two weeks ago. that is what is going on at capitol hill. investigation into the petraeus affair...
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now, this new twist, david petraeus, will testify after all. despite the fact he stepped down, he will speak before the lawmakers about these attacks this killed ambassador chris stevens and three of his american colleagues back in september. the cia of course became involved, directly involved in this when the suspected jihadist attacked u.s. facilities in benghazi. general petraeus was scheduled to testify this week. now, that as we know was derailed by the scandal. senator john mccain is one of several republican lawmakers remanding more information from the obama administration on just what the heck happened in benghazi and around benghazi. he's scheduled to give a news conference at the bottom of the hour and we are going to have measure on that. our dana bash has been doing the best she can to take in all of the information. listen, this is tricky. so many of these stories are interconnected. there is a lot of reporting. not all confirmed, but u maybe just start with this. how has this matter worked out that general petraeus will indeed s
now, this new twist, david petraeus, will testify after all. despite the fact he stepped down, he will speak before the lawmakers about these attacks this killed ambassador chris stevens and three of his american colleagues back in september. the cia of course became involved, directly involved in this when the suspected jihadist attacked u.s. facilities in benghazi. general petraeus was scheduled to testify this week. now, that as we know was derailed by the scandal. senator john mccain is one...
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widening investigation involving former cia director david petraeus. we're learning he will testify about libya this week. more on that as we get it. plus the lessons learned from one of the most important voting blocs this election year. we'll have a conversation on that. and a small plane crashes into a house and bursts into flames. why? it's all "happening now." jenna: brand new developments on the scandal absorbing new headlines today. we're glad you're with us. i'm jenna lee. rick: i'm rick folbaum in for jon scott. fox news learning exclusively that the former cia chief will testify about the benghazi terror attacks before house and senate committees. jenna: a major development. friday he stepped down as america's top spy when he admitted to having an affair with his biographer, paula broadwell. we're expected to get comments about the growing scandal when he open has his first news conference since re-election. that will happen in two hours and we'll have it when it does. doug mckelway is live for us. doug? >> reporter: former cia director david
widening investigation involving former cia director david petraeus. we're learning he will testify about libya this week. more on that as we get it. plus the lessons learned from one of the most important voting blocs this election year. we'll have a conversation on that. and a small plane crashes into a house and bursts into flames. why? it's all "happening now." jenna: brand new developments on the scandal absorbing new headlines today. we're glad you're with us. i'm jenna lee....
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jenna: new fallout from the scandal involving former cia chief david petraeus. the impact now felt really around the world as secretary of state hillary clinton and defense secretary leon panetta both say our nato's allies aren't worried this investigation will hurt our mission in afghanistan in any way. joining us john bolton, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and fox news contributor. ambassador, nice to see you again. >> good morning. glad to be with you, jenna. jenna: let's talk about when hillary clinton and leon panetta had to say. based on your experience, ambassador, overall what are the effects of personal scandal in international relations? is there any sort of fallout we should be watching? >> i think there can be fallout but at this point i think it would be premature to jump to any conclusions because the circumstances we're talking about are not full le known. i think one of the reasons that secretary panetta in particular has been at pains to say that general allen still has his confidence even though his nomination to head up the european comman
jenna: new fallout from the scandal involving former cia chief david petraeus. the impact now felt really around the world as secretary of state hillary clinton and defense secretary leon panetta both say our nato's allies aren't worried this investigation will hurt our mission in afghanistan in any way. joining us john bolton, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and fox news contributor. ambassador, nice to see you again. >> good morning. glad to be with you, jenna. jenna: let's talk...
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nbc has just learned that former cia director david petraeus will testify before the senate intelligence committee tomorrow. that information is coming to us from kelly o'donnell who spoke to a veteran senator on capitol hill and, of course, it comes as some tough questions are expected today for president obama. he's giving his first news conference since being re-elected. he will meet the press at 1:0 this afternoon and probably should be prepared to answer some tough questions about general petraeus and allen and the fbi investigation as well as libya, not to mention the fiscal cliff and we're learning more about the woman who knew both general, tampa socialite jill kelley. a senior defense official says the e-mails between the two were more than just calling one another sweetheart, they were flirtatious and unprofessional. both of them wrote letters vouching for her sister in a child custody case and she made this phone call claiming she had some sort of diplomatic status which she does not. >> i am an honorary consul-general so i have unveilability so i should -- they should not be
nbc has just learned that former cia director david petraeus will testify before the senate intelligence committee tomorrow. that information is coming to us from kelly o'donnell who spoke to a veteran senator on capitol hill and, of course, it comes as some tough questions are expected today for president obama. he's giving his first news conference since being re-elected. he will meet the press at 1:0 this afternoon and probably should be prepared to answer some tough questions about general...